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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
DN
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DEVI NIMALA
Contact: 93****4898
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- LGD code
- 426699
- Pincode
- 765029
- Post office
- Ramanaguda
- Population
- 736
- Households
- 177
- Literacy rate
- 50.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1085 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 379
- Distance to district centre
- 28 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 254 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 585 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gunupur · 20 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- government hospital · 20 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chakunda compares
By population, Chakunda ranks #37 of 206 villages in Gunupur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.8%
+7.9% vs mandal average
- Chakunda
- 50.8%
- Gunupur mandal
- 42.9%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,085
+35 vs mandal average
- Chakunda
- 1,085
- Gunupur mandal
- 1,050
Household size
people per home
4.2
Same as the mandal average
- Chakunda
- 4.2
- Gunupur mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chakunda at a glance
Chakunda is a village of 736 people in 177 households (Census 2011) in Gunupur block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 37th-largest of 206 villages in Gunupur block. Literacy is 51%, 8 points above the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 1,085 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Rayagada district centre, 58 km from Veeraghattam, the nearest town, 20 km from Gunupur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765029, served by Ramanaguda post office; the LGD village code is 426699. The nearest hospital or health centre is government hospital, 20 km away. The sarpanch is DEVI NIMALA. The population is estimated at 868 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chakunda
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GUNUPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 55
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Gosaingolmunda
- Total area (ha)
- 1,208
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 14.95
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Chakunda
- LGD code
- 426699
- Pincode
- 765029
- Post office
- Ramanaguda
- Population (Census 2011)
- 736
- Population (projected 2026)
- 868
- Households
- 177
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1085
- Literacy rate
- 50.8%
- Coordinates
- 19.20885°N, 83.68496°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DEVI NIMALA
- Block / Mandal
- Gunupur
Getting there
How to reach Chakunda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar254 kmcapital
- Hyderabad585 km
- Kolkata613 km
- Chennai773 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGunupur20 km
- Bus stopRamanguda Bus Stop2 km
- Hospital / PHCgovernment hospital20 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India21 km
- Petrol pumpSri Kanthamma Filling Station25 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management30 km
- Police stationl. police station29 km
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Chakunda
1 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓Govt High schoolHigh school1.8 km ↗
Same pincode
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- BankiliRayagada mandal813 pop
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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